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Title - South Eastern Railway observes world environment day
Posted by : RailEnquiry Admin on Jun 06, 2018 - 10:52:29 AM

The World Environment Day was observed at S E Railway Headquarters, with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution – If you can’t reuse it, Refuse it.” 
Large number of staff took part in an awareness campaign and planted saplings in different places of S E Railway Headquarters. A fountain was also inaugurated at the Maitree Park as a part of observance of World Environment Day.
S E Railway has also taken environment friendly initiatives during the year 2017-18 by planting 7.34 lakh trees in railway land across the four divisions. As many as 5094 Bio-toilet Tanks have been fitted in 1364 coaches. This apart, all the conventional lights have been replaced by LED lights in all 365 commercial stations of this railway. 274 Solar Panels of capacity 537.68 KWP have been installed over this railway. S E Railway has also introduced disposal of solid waste in an innovative and eco-friendly manner. A waste audit has been conducted to identify and quantify the composition of the waste stream generated at S E Railway Headquarters and also to analyze its Environmental Impact.